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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The chief provincial magistrate, military commander, and, as a member of the House of Orange, highest-ranking noble in the Dutch Republic, who often served as a de facto head of state alongside the States General; the position became hereditary in 1747

   “For decades, no stadtholder who would counterbalance the power of the Amsterdam regents had been appointed.”

2. isim An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general.